CHAMPION CHEESES AND YODELING
I wasn’t able to visit/report on the World Cheese Championship last week, but there is an excellent post from Cheese Underground that includes a video of Willi Lehner’s yodeling. A few years ago I might have described the World Cheese Championship, organized by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, as kind of stodgy old-school competition, at [...]
PAIRING NO. 2: HOOK’S AND HOPS
There’s been quite a buzz in cheese circles about a recent release from Hook’s Cheese Co., Mineral Point, Wis. It’s Hook’s 15-year Cheddar. That’s right, when this puppy first went from milk to curd, Bill Clinton was still working in the Oval Office. Cheesemakers Tony and Julie Hook make more than 30 types of cheese, including [...]
WELCOME TO CHEESE AND CHEERS!
The idea here is to discuss the intersection of artisan cheese and craft beer. In the United States in particular, there is a growing awareness that great cheese and great beer can make beautiful music together. From my perspective, the parallels between the growth of craft beer and the emergence of American artisan cheese are [...]
